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Basel AML Index 2025 Shows Stagnation in Global Financial Crime Risk and Growing Relevance of Virtual Assets |
The Basel Institute on Governance released the 14th Public Edition of the Basel AML Index in 2025.[2] The Index provides a comparative assessment of money laundering and related financial... |
Kateryna Boguslavska |
42 |
1 |
2025-12-29 |
World |
Financial Crimes, Money Laundering |
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State Department Belatedly Issues Memo Regarding Attack on Iran |
On April 21, 2026, Reed D. Rubinstein, the Legal Adviser to the United States (U.S.) Department of State issued a memorandum (hereafter the Rubinstein memo), justifying the air attack on Iran (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
6 |
2026-05-08 |
Iran, United States |
Law of War |
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2025 Retrospective |
We at the IELR send you best wishes for the new year. 2025 was momentous for the international enforcement community, and we are grateful to have had you following along with our coverage during... |
Bruce Zagaris |
42 |
2 |
2026-01-23 |
World |
International Law |
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New Developments in the Prosecution of Cyber-Enabled International Crimes |
On January 26, 2026, Chatham House, a world-leading policy institute seeking to address geopolitical challenges and international problems, published a notable research study, Securing justice for... |
Michael Plachta |
42 |
3 |
2026-02-06 |
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Cybercrime, International Crimes |
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Families of Boat Strike Victims File First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against U.S. Government |
The first wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration over the United States (U.S.) military’s unprecedented series of missile airstrikes on civilian boats in the... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
42 |
3 |
2026-02-27 |
Caribbean, United States |
Lawsuits |
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OKX Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Violations and Will Pay $500 Million in Penalties |
On February 24, 2025, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Aux Cayes Fintech Co. Ltd, d/b/a “OkEx,” d/b/a “OKX”, a... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
4 |
2025-03-07 |
Seychelles, United States |
Cybercrime, Money Laundering |
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The High Court of Australia Paves the Way for the Use of “AN0M” Evidence – and Validates Global “Outsourcing” |
On October 8, the High Court of Australia issued a ruling entitled CD v. Commonwealth of Australia that validated legislation rapidly adopted by the Parliament to remove evidentiary... |
Frederick T. Davis |
41 |
12 |
2025-11-26 |
Australia |
Evidence Sharing, International Law, Trial |
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Lithuania Brings Landmark Migrant Smuggling Case Against Belarus Before the ICJ |
On May 19, 2025, Lithuania officially introduced proceedings against Belarus before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In its application, the country accuses Belarus of directing... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
8 |
2025-07-25 |
Belarus, Lithuania |
Human Rights, International Courts, Smuggle, United Nations |
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German Appellate Court Allows Prosecution against 5 Bankers |
On March 25, 2025, the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court ruled that five bankers who were former top managers of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and profited from cum-cum-share transactions must undergo... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
4 |
2025-03-28 |
Germany |
Criminal Procedure/Proceedings |
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UN Adopts Resolution on Further Work on the Convention on Crimes Against Humanity |
On December 4, 2024, the General Assembly adopted, without a vote, the resolution “Crimes Against Humanity,”[1] to launch the process of codifying into an international binding... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
1 |
2024-12-06 |
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Crimes against Humanity |
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Environmental Investigation Agency Uncovers Massive Illegal Mercury Trade in Gold Mining |
On July 24, 2025, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) published a report (the report) describing a vast, illegal mercury trade running from Mexico down to Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, where... |
Austin Wahl |
41 |
9 |
2025-08-15 |
Latin America and South America |
Environment |
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UNODC Releases New Report on Organized Crime Networks in Southeast Asia |
On April 21, 2025, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a new report on a global expansion of East and Southeast Asian organized crime groups. The report concentrates on an... |
Michael Plachta |
41 |
5 |
2025-04-25 |
Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand |
Organized Crime, United Nations |
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McKinsey Agrees to Pay Over $122 Million to Settle Bribery Investigation |
On December 5, 2024, McKinsey and Company Africa Ltd., a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, agreed to pay over $122 million to settle a bribery investigation regarding schemes orchestrated... |
Morinsola Tinubu |
41 |
1 |
2025-01-03 |
South Africa, United States |
Bribery |
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Prohibition on Extradition of Nationals Limits Extradition by Suriname |
Suriname is a relatively rare example today of a South American state in which the nationality bar remains a major barrier to extradition, with there being no practical alternative form of justice... |
Rodrigo de Abreu Fudoli |
41 |
10 |
2025-09-05 |
Suriname |
Extradition |
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U.S. Brings First Charge of Material Support to Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization |
On May 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first indictment, which was unsealed that day, for providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
6 |
2025-05-23 |
United States |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, Human Trafficking |
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Cecilia Sala, an Italian Journalist, has Been Released from Iran Pursuant to a Prisoner Swap |
On January 8, Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, was released from Iran after being detained for twenty-one days. Sala, 29, arrived in Tehran in December on a journalist visa. For two years, she... |
Morinsola Tinubu |
41 |
2 |
2025-01-24 |
Iran, Italy, United States |
Detention, Transfer of Prisoners |
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Bali Court Sentences Ukrainian National to Life for Involvement in Illicit Drug Operation |
On September 18, 2025, the Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia, convicted Ukrainian national Roman Nazarenko of producing illegal drugs, sentencing him to life in prison.[2] The case is... |
Chloe Fontenelle |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-03 |
Indonesia |
Drug Enforcement, Drugs & Trafficking, International Cooperation, Sentencing |
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Tariffs, Emergencies, and the Limits of Power: A New Chapter in IEEPA Jurisprudence |
On May 28, 2025, in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. United States,[1] a three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade struck down sweeping tariff programs, holding that... |
Alexandra Manfield |
41 |
7 |
2025-06-13 |
United States |
International Courts, Trade Enforcement |
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Trump Imposes Tariffs on China after Threatening Sanctions and Tariffs on Canada and Mexico for Drug Trafficking and Other Transnational Crimes |
The start of the Trump administration has brought the threat of tariffs and sanctions against two of the closest U.S. allies (Canada and Mexico) as well as China, only to be imposed on China. The... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
3 |
2025-02-14 |
Canada, China, Mexico, United States |
Drugs & Trafficking, Sanctions |
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U.S. Jury Awards $20 Million to 3 Sudanese Refugees against BNP Paribas |
On October 17, 2025, a federal jury in New York awarded close to $21 million against BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, for providing the Sudanese government access to the United States... |
Bruce Zagaris |
41 |
11 |
2025-10-24 |
Sudan, United States |
Crimes against Humanity, Human Rights, Victims Compensation |
